25 - The Praiseworthy1:
He—may Allah Most High have mercy on him—said: “He is Praiseworthy in His essence, names, attributes, and actions. His names are the most beautiful, His attributes the most perfect, and His actions the most complete and excellent, for His actions, Most High, are acts of either bounty or justice2.
Praise reflects an abundance of good attributes and goodness. He is therefore the Praiseworthy because of His many praiseworthy attributes3. He, Glorified be He, is Praiseworthy in two respects:
First: All created things proclaim His praise. Every praise offered by the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, from the first of them to the last; every praise they will offer in this world and the Hereafter; and every praise they have not offered but which might be conceived and envisaged throughout the succession of ages and the passage of time—praise filling all existence, the higher and lower worlds, and filling its like beyond all count or reckoning—Allah Most High deserves it all for many reasons.
Among these is that Allah is the One who created them, provided for them, bestowed upon them outward and inward blessings, both religious and worldly, and warded off afflictions and adversities from them. Whatever blessing His servants enjoy is from Allah, and none but He wards off evils. He therefore deserves that they praise Him at all times, extol Him, and thank Him at every moment.
Second: He is praised for His most beautiful names, His perfect and exalted attributes, and His majestic and beautiful qualities worthy of praise and commendation. Every attribute of perfection belongs to Him, and of